The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

A big banquet, where the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Early the next morning, while everyone in Ryukyu was reluctant to say goodbye, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty set sail again.

But this time, the entire fleet was supplied with supplies, and they no longer had to worry about meat, vegetables and fresh water in a short period of time.

Speaking of which, King Nakayama of Ryukyu really spent a lot of money. He not only offered to take care of the seriously injured soldiers, but also used the power of the whole country to fill the fleet with vegetables, meat and fresh water overnight.

If Tang Hao hadn't felt sorry for them in the end, causing them to waste people and money, I'm afraid he wouldn't let them go now.

On the deck, Tang Hao was looking at the sea.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao came together.

"Master Marquis, if those injured brothers stay in Ryukyu, will they..."

A total of more than 300 seriously injured soldiers were temporarily placed in Ryukyu to recuperate.

For example, Wang Dabao, whose arm was cut off by Japanese pirates, was extremely seriously injured and lost too much blood. Whether he could survive or not all depended on his own life!

Tang Hao waved his hand.

"You know how others treat us."

"Even if you take a step back, if something happens to those brothers, do you think Shang really has the courage to welcome our anger?"

Of course...no!

This is a very simple logical question.

The armed forces of the Three Ryukyu Kingdoms couldn't even resist the Shimazu clan, who looked like a village, let alone the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!

You must know that just yesterday, in front of these Ryukyu nobles, they killed these Japanese pirates who were unable to resist Ryukyu until they knelt down and begged for mercy!

They can't even defeat the Japanese pirates, let alone the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!

Unless the noble leaders like Shang Zhen and Shang Kai went crazy, they would attack the more than 300 wounded soldiers!

If this is the case, then Tang Hao would not mind bloodbathing the entire Ryukyu Islands and turning this strategic Ryukyu Islands into a maritime colony of the Ming Dynasty!

Tang Mu hit a soft spot, but he quickly understood what Tang Hao meant.

"Speaking of which, they are indeed very...enthusiastic!"

Zuo Yidao also nodded silently.

After all, it is an eternal truth that eats people with short mouths and takes advantage of people with short hands.

Tang Hao explained with a smile while wiping the sword.

"The enthusiasm is real."

"But they were forced to do nothing!"

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Being weak is the original sin!"

“Ryukyu actually doesn’t have much land for cultivation, and they have never found a suitable direction for developing their people’s livelihood, so the end result is that they are still backward and barren, and the people cannot even provide food and clothing, and even suffer from Japanese pirates. Insult and plunder!”

"Where is the only hope? Naturally, it is our suzerainty, the Ming Dynasty! So don't look at Ryukyu Zhongshan King Shang Zhen acting so humble, even kneeling on the ground again and again. He is smart! If you give up your dignity, you can In exchange for the opportunity for Ryukyu to develop, he can really do anything. He is a qualified emperor!"

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao listened thoughtfully, and the latter had already begun to take out a small notebook to act as a human recorder.

"If that's the case, then why does the Marquis want to mention Shang Zhen?"

"I told him the strategy for the development of Ryukyu so easily, and I didn't get even the slightest benefit..."

Hearing this, Tang Hao immediately laughed.

"Tom, your layout is still too small."

"First, is there anything in Ryukyu now that we can covet?"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Mu thought for a long time, and finally shook his head with a wry smile.

There seems to be nothing that Ming Dynasty can like in Ryukyu now.

What you want is nothing, and backwardness and poverty are the best explanations.

Even if we follow what Yumu said and let people exchange things for the development of Ryukyu, what will Ming Dynasty get?

Could it be that they are young laborers who don’t even have a complete piece of clothing on their bodies?

There is no such thing as bullying!

Ever since the Ming Dynasty's fleet arrived, people have been enthusiastic, eating fresh water vegetables, melons and fruits, and giving them whatever they asked for. This is the highest respect for the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Hou, I am too utilitarian!"

"Secondly, Ryukyu has developed, which is actually a good thing for us!"

Tang Hao looked into the distance with deep eyes.

"Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao wanted to establish diplomatic relations with the Japanese country and let it become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, he encountered these despicable bastards. So in the end, not only did the establishment of diplomatic relations fail, but the envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to the Japanese country was also beheaded. "

"After failing to establish diplomatic relations with Japan, Emperor Taizu Gao retreated to the next best thing and ordered the three Ryukyu kingdoms to submit. King Zhongshan of Ryukyu at that time was very wise. He immediately surrendered and paid tribute and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Then, relying on the support of the Ming Dynasty, it gradually annexed to the Shanbei Kingdom and the Shannan Kingdom.”

"You might as well think about the situation in the East China Sea during the Ming Dynasty. There were only three countries in the Northeast China Sea. Korea and Ryukyu were both vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese country was not. This was Emperor Taizu Gao's strategy to suppress the Japanese country. It was a pity that the Japanese country was too Don’t be scared!”

"In the Yongle period, the Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng Gong went to the East and took the Ming Navy to the Japanese country. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogunate general, was so frightened that he surrendered and paid tribute. He also actively responded to the Yongle Emperor's order and took the initiative to The Japanese pirates who were plundering everywhere were suppressed, and the two countries officially established diplomatic relations. "

Tang Mu has been listening, Zuo Yidao has been memorizing.

"In the final analysis, the geographical location of Ryukyu is very important. To the north, you can go directly to the Korean and Japanese countries, and to the south, you can sail to the Western Ocean. If the Ming Dynasty takes control of it, or builds it into a naval base of the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't matter. Korea or Japan, or the vast South Sea, will become our Ming Dynasty’s maritime territory!”

"By that time, there will naturally be no more Japanese pirates!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao changed drastically, and they looked slightly uneasy.

They never thought that their Marquis would have such great ambitions!

This is not just about restarting the trip to the West by the Three Treasure Eunuch Zheng Gong!

Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan, wanted to directly send troops to the Three Kingdoms to create a super sea area that controlled the internal and external seas!

"Master Hou, there is something wrong with this..."

"Whether it's Korea, Japan, or Ryukyu, they are all fifteen countries designated by Emperor Taizu Gao to be unconquerable, so..."

Zuo Yidao forced himself to remind him, but received a blank look from Tang Hao.

"You are not one of those civil servants, why are you talking such nonsense?"

"To put it harshly, when the people in the mission confirm that Japan really has the Iwami Silver Mine, which can produce hundreds of millions of silver, see if they will clamor to send troops to Japan, and see if they will care about this nonsense." Five countries without conquest"!"

Again, this is the urinary nature of the Ming Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats!

These civil servants and bureaucrats shout about "ancestral precepts" and "ancestral laws" every day, but these are all things they brought out that are beneficial to the civil servants and bureaucrats. As for those that are detrimental to them, such as the "Great Edict", they That’s without mentioning it at all!

So when the astonishing benefits of the Shijian Silver Mine of the Japanese Kingdom are in front of them, when the white silver is in front of them, these greedy and shameless civil servants and gentry will not talk about "ancestral laws" with you, they will immediately Encourage the imperial court to send troops to conquer the Japanese country and seize the Iwami Silver Mine, which contains hundreds of millions of silver!

These treasures of heaven, materials and earth should belong to me - the Ming Dynasty gentry!

Zuo Yidao was so angry that he blushed, but he didn't dare to refute.

Because he also knew the urinary nature of those civil servants and officials, his prince was really right.

"Forget about this, bring up that Shimazu Kikusaburo!"

Zuo Yidao, who was blushing, took action immediately to relieve his embarrassment.

Soon he dragged Shimazu Kikusaburo back. As soon as the latter saw the "murderous maniac", he immediately fell to his knees on the ground with a pale face.

"Spare your life!"

"Sir, please spare my life!"

Hearing this fluent Chinese speaking, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Why do you speak Chinese so well?"

"Because of Kanhe trade!"

Shimazu Kikusaburo didn't hide anything and told the truth directly and concisely.

"The products of the Ming Dynasty are extremely popular in Japan, but the Kankai trade was previously controlled by the Ashikaga Shogunate, and then by the Ouchi clan. Therefore, other local daimyo were very dissatisfied, so they spontaneously organized fleets to carry out sniper raids... …”

Shimazu Kikusaburo tentatively revealed the real reason for the rampant Japanese pirates.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests!

Products from the Ming Dynasty are very popular in Japan. After all, the handicraft industry in Japan is not very developed, and it is far less exquisite and beautiful than the products from the Ming Dynasty.

When the joint trade between the two countries in the Yongle Dynasty was at its peak, Yongle Tongbao, the official legal currency of the Ming Dynasty, continued to depreciate in the Ming Dynasty, but it was highly sought after in the Japanese territory, and even became the official currency for trade between the two countries. I don’t know how much money Emperor Yongle made. How much dirty money was made.

But after Yongle, the Ming Dynasty's national power declined, so naturally it could not do this.

Just as Shimazu Kikusaburo said, because of the covetous interest in the huge benefits of the joint trade, and the decline in the dominance of the Ashikaga Shogunate of Japan, the daimyo of various places no longer obeyed the orders of these powerful officials of the shogunate. They either fought among themselves or formed fleets to snipe passing caravans. , or even directly crossed the ocean to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty to plunder, which led to the increasingly rampant Japanese invasion of the Ming Dynasty!

Not to mention those beasts like Bian Xiong, Huang Xingfu and Zhu Maogong who took the initiative to collude with the Japanese pirates to open up the smuggling trade route. It is difficult to imagine whether the Japanese pirates are serious!

After understanding these causes and consequences, Tang Hao was too lazy to talk nonsense to this beast anymore.

"Give you a chance, whether you want to die or live!"

When Shimazu Kikusaburo heard this, his expression suddenly perked up, and he immediately knelt down in front of Tang Hao.

"Want to live!"

"Please forgive me, sir!"

Nonsense, you definitely want to live!

Need more to say?

In front of the Ryukyu natives, most of the entire armed force of the Shimazu clan in Satsuma was slaughtered by the murderous maniac in front of him, and even his family governor became their captives!

Now Shimazu Kikusaburo not only wants to live, he also wants to take away the nearly a thousand captured family warriors, otherwise the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Kingdom will definitely be annexed by other daimyo, and then it will be the crime of genocide!

But, would the butcher in front of him be willing to let him and others go?

"You can live if you want!"

Tang Hao chuckled, looking very casual.

"Not only can you live, but these nearly a thousand Japanese pirates can also live, and you can take them away!"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Mu suddenly became anxious and couldn't help but remind him in a low voice: "Master Hou, they..."

As a result, before he finished speaking, Zuo Yidao tugged on Tang Mu's sleeve. The latter immediately reacted, respectfully stopped speaking, and stood behind Tang Hao.

Shimazu Kikusaburo was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately kowtowed and thanked him, coughing so hard that the deck rang.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, sir!"

"Thank you for your great kindness, sir..."

"Don't worry, thank you!" Tang Hao waved his hand, "You can let me go!"

"But only if you pay enough war reparations!"

Shimazu Kiksaburo: "???"

What?

War reparations?

What the hell is this?

"My lord, what you mean is..."

"What?" Tang Hao sneered: "Our army has used five thousand soldiers in this battle. Should you pay for this military expenditure?"

"In addition, in this battle, our army injured more than 600 soldiers and killed more than 300 soldiers. Should you pay the post-war pension?"

"There is also the loss of ordnance. For example, many arrows were shot into the sea and cannot be retrieved. Another example is the wear and tear caused by your multiple cuts on the armor. There is also the damage caused by you attacking my Ming warship..."

"I am too lazy to calculate these expenses. If I convert them into 10 million taels of silver, that's enough!"

Shimazu Kiksaburo: "!!!"

brute!

This is such a beast!

You slaughter my Shimazu army!

Now you still want us to pay you compensation to pay for casualty pensions and ordnance wear and tear? !

Is there anyone in this world who is more beastly than you?

Do I beg you to come and fight us?

Do you want another ten million taels of silver? !

Even if the entire Satsuma country is sold, it won’t be enough!

"Sir, your request... is too high!"

Shimazu Kikusaburo said bravely, trying to bargain!

However, when Tang Hao heard this, he immediately became furious. He stepped forward and grabbed Shimazu Kikusaburo's neck, lifted him into the air, and then stretched him out of the side of the ship.

Below, there is the vast ocean!

Shimazu Kikusaburo struggled wildly, his face turned pale with fear.

"high?"

"Is it very high?"

"Are the lives of my soldiers from the Ming Dynasty still not worth this price?"

"Or am I giving you this face to make you feel like you are nothing? Do you believe that I will throw you down to feed the fishes right now and then slaughter nearly a thousand captives?"

Hearing these heart-wrenching words, Shimazu Kikusaburo was so anxious that tears flowed out.

He held Tang Hao's big hand tightly, but because his neck was strangled by him, he couldn't speak at all, and his eyes were full of pleading.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao had expressionless faces because they had seen this scene more than once.

Well, it seems familiar, no big problem.

Finally, Tang Hao had enough fun and threw the clown onto the deck.

Suddenly able to breathe, Shimazu Kikusaburo began to pant violently, and then coughed violently. Tears and snot flowed out like nothing, and even his crotch was a little wet.

At that moment, he clearly and clearly felt the breath of death!

"grown ups……"

"I, Shimazu, are simply unable to pay such a high amount of war compensation..."

Shimazu Kikusaburo spoke with difficulty, with a look of despair on his face.

That’s ten million taels of silver!

Not to mention the Shimazu clan, even the entire Japanese country may not be able to get it!

Tang Hao frowned when he heard this and pretended to be uninterested.

"Tang Mu, throw this trash down and feed it to the fish!"

"With one knife, kill all those prisoners, leaving no one behind!"

As soon as these words came out, Shimazu Kikusaburo immediately became anxious. Holding back the fear in his heart, he rushed forward and hugged Tang Hao's thigh.

He finally understood that this butcher clearly wanted him to do something, so he spared his own life and gave the Shimadzu family a glimmer of hope!

"grown ups!"

"The little one is willing to do anything for the adults!"

Tang Hao kicked him away, but this time he didn't say anything to kill.

He chose to adopt a gentler approach to deepen his impression on the Shimazu family governor.

"Tang Mu, drag me down and wait for you to be water tortured!"

"I heard that these Japanese pirates are always very good at water. Please torture them a few more times."

Hearing this, even Tang Mu couldn't help but shudder.

Soon Shimazu Kikusaburo was dragged away, and then there were bursts of mournful wails and screams.

Tang Mu also ingeniously placed the place where he was tortured in front of nearly a thousand Japanese pirate prisoners, so that all the Japanese pirates were so frightened that they all trembled, fearing that he would be next.

Zuo Yidao and Tang Hao were still admiring the sea view.

"Master Marquis, do you want to control the Shimazu clan?"

"I don't understand that once I let them go, these Japanese pirates are despicable and they will naturally not keep their promises. So what's the point of everything the Marquis is doing now?"

This is indeed a real problem.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. How can the Marquis of Zhongshan control this Japanese daimyo?

If you really let Shimazu Kikusaburo take away his family warriors and return to the Japanese country, they will still treat you like shit!

If you have the ability, just lead the troops to kill him. Maybe then they will kneel down and admit their mistake!

Tang Hao just chuckled when he heard this.

"Then what if it's not these family warriors who go back with him?"

As soon as these words came out, Zuo Yidao's pupils shrank suddenly.

"When I was in the capital, I was thinking of sending Ma Yong and Deng Boyan to lead two thousand soldiers to the Japanese country, and then take advantage of the internal chaos in Japan to turn it upside down!"

"But now that I think about it, they may not be able to succeed. After all, the governor of the Ouchi family, Ouchi Yoshihiro, is not a simple thing. So with only their two thousand soldiers, and under the nose of Ouchi Yoshihiro, maybe It’s hard to get anything done!”

"Just now, a Satsuma Shimazu family came to our door. It seems to be a better choice. Firstly, Satsuma country is adjacent to Ryukyu, which is also conducive to our construction of Ryukyu country or leaving a retreat; secondly, there are wars everywhere. This is the real It’s a sign of troubled times. Only then will I, Ming, have the opportunity to intervene!”

Tang Hao lazily leaned on the chair and looked at the approaching Jeju Island.

"Thirdly, this Jeju Island is the place we must win on this trip, and it is also the last escape route for these two soldiers lurking inside the Japanese country. For the sake of a Japanese country, I have left three soldiers to guard and help each other, which is considered worthy of my respect. These are garbage!”

"Yidao, what do you think?"

Zuo Yidao felt his throat was a little dry and nodded silently.

After being silent for a long time, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Master Marquis, do you want to... write these down?"

"Of course!" Tang Hao closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"The goal of His Majesty and I from the beginning is this Jeju Island, and this place will also become the first ranch in His Majesty's hands!"